We have season passes to Kings Island amusement park this summer, so our goal is to go at least once a month. Since it takes an hour and 40 minutes to get there and we spend about $30 in gas each time, we unfortunately cannot afford to go down every week even though we'd like to! Now that school's out, we decided to plan an overnight trip, visiting the park on Tuesday June 19th and heading home Wednesday. Our first day was off to a good start in spite of the 90-degree heat. However, our plans to stay the whole day changed when Emma got sunscreen in her eye at the water park. She was beside herself and wouldn't stop crying for close to an hour, which is totally unlike her. We finally decided to just go to our hotel and return the next day if she was feeling better. She fell asleep in the stroller on the way back to the car (again, completely unlike her, as she gave up naps nearly two years ago), so we knew we'd made the right choice. We did end up returning the following day, and we had a great time. The light breeze made the heat more tolerable, and the lines were short in the kids' area (presumably because everyone was at the water park), and by the time we did venture into the water park around 4 o'clock the crowds were starting to thin out. We even stayed until the park closed at 10 PM, watching the fireworks as we caught a spin on the last "Surf Dog" run of the night!
We have season passes to Kings Island amusement park this summer, so our goal is to go at least once a month. Since it takes an hour and 40 minutes to get there and we spend about $30 in gas each time, we unfortunately cannot afford to go down every week even though we'd like to! Now that school's out, we decided to plan an overnight trip, visiting the park on Tuesday June 19th and heading home Wednesday. Our first day was off to a good start in spite of the 90-degree heat. However, our plans to stay the whole day changed when Emma got sunscreen in her eye at the water park. She was beside herself and wouldn't stop crying for close to an hour, which is totally unlike her. We finally decided to just go to our hotel and return the next day if she was feeling better. She fell asleep in the stroller on the way back to the car (again, completely unlike her, as she gave up naps nearly two years ago), so we knew we'd made the right choice. We did end up returning the following day, and we had a great time. The light breeze made the heat more tolerable, and the lines were short in the kids' area (presumably because everyone was at the water park), and by the time we did venture into the water park around 4 o'clock the crowds were starting to thin out. We even stayed until the park closed at 10 PM, watching the fireworks as we caught a spin on the last "Surf Dog" run of the night!
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